Social Media Intern
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Editorial
Employment type: Part-time
Required experience: Internship
Industry: Online Media

Company profile:
We're Food52, and we've created a groundbreaking and award-winning cooking site. We support, connect, and celebrate home cooks, and give them everything they need in one place.We have a top editorial, business, and engineering team. We're focused on using technology to find new and better ways to connect people around their specific food interests, and to offer them superb, highly curated information about food and cooking. We attract the most talented home cooks and contributors in the country; we also publish well-known professionals like Mario Batali, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Danny Meyer. And we have partnerships with Whole Foods Market and Random House.Food52 has been named the best food website by the James Beard Foundation and IACP, and has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, Pando Daily, TechCrunch, and on the Today Show.We're located in Chelsea, in New York City.

Job description:
Food52, a fast-growing, James Beard Award-winning online food community and crowd-sourced and curated recipe hub, is looking for a part-time Social Media Intern with stellar communication skills, a love of food, and an eye for viral content to work in its New York City headquarters for college credit starting immediately. This will involve plenty of writing and editing, good but not necessarily healthy food, interacting with Food52’s social community, a deepening relationship with your laptop, and coffee.RESPONSIBILITIES • Work with Social Media Manager and small, fast-paced editorial team to translate recipes, blog posts, products, and campaigns to clever, useful social touts.• Monitor social media conversations about Food52 and the general food community, and participate when appropriate. • Support social efforts for Marketing, Ad Sales, and Provisions, Food52’s curated kitchen and home shop.• Community management with a smile: corresponding and trouble-shooting with members via social, responding actively to comments and cooking questions on our social channels.• Assist in analyzing and reporting on social media and related metrics.• Keep your finger on the pulse of what’s trending.• Imagine big-picture ideas for Food52’s social media strategy.

Requirements:
• Writing experience (published clips and/or personal blog)• A genuine passion for social media and sharing things with the world• Previous experience managing social media for a publication or brand a major plus• Familiar with the Food52 editorial voice and aesthetic• Loves food, appreciates the importance of home cooking and cooking with the seasons• Meticulous editor, perfectionist, obsessive attention to detail• Cheerful under pressure, doesn’t get discouraged by online negativity• Excellent communication skills• A+ multi-tasker and juggler of responsibilities big and small• Loves problem-solving and collaborating to drive Food52 forward• Thinks big picture but pitches in on the nitty gritty of running a small company (dishes, shopping, administrative support)• Comfortable with the realities of working for a startup: being on call on evenings and weekends, and working long hours• Has a good sense of humor (i.e. think we're funny)

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